Ceramics & 3D Design

Ben Milota, “9 ½ inches wide, 8 ½ inches deep, 6 inches tall”,

Earthenware Clay, 2019

The sculpture development started as an idea from a magazine where I saw a clay pot that was shaped similar to mine. When I started to work on mine I found that it was a hard process to keep all the clay coils even, and I decided to add a big handle on each side of the pot. Something new that I tried was making the coils go outward as I stacked them on top of each other and then go back inward toward the top. A challenge I faced was attaching the handles, because they are very thick and heavy so they would keep falling off when try to slip and score them to the vessel. If I could change anything about it I would stack the coils toward the middle of the vessel more evenly. Something I love about it is the colors of the glaze and how it looks on the coils of clay.

Ben Milota, 7 inches tall, 9 inches wide, 3 1/2 inches

Earthenware clay, 2019

This idea started from something that I saw on the internet. Some problems I faced when making this was attaching the handle and the spout with out them falling off. The lid was also hard to make because when you originally measure for it to fit the tea pot and then it gets fired and shrinks and then it doesn't fit as well. Something I love about this work is the colors I decided to use and how it looks different than most tea pots. If I had to start over I would make the lid different so it would fit better.